Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Reported Federal 5G Plan Panned

The
wireless industry and FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on Monday panned the
possibility of the U.S. government building its own 5G network. Axios
reported a senior official on the National Security Council floated the
idea of the federal government building one, secure, centralized 5G
network to guard against China, “the dominant malicious actor in the
Information Domain,” states the document.

The concept is the government would reportedly rent access to wireless carriers. If so, it would be an unprecedented nationalization of a historically private infrastructure.

Pai said he opposes “any” such
proposal, saying, “the main lesson to draw from the wireless sector’s
development over the past three decades—including American leadership in
4G—is that the market, not government, is best positioned to drive
innovation and investment.” He called an effort by the government to
build its own 5G network “costly” and “counter-productive.” The other
four Commissioners opposed the concept. Commissioner Brendan Carr called
the idea a “non-starter” while Commissioner Michael O’Rielly said:
“I’ve seen lead balloons tried in D.C. before but this is like a balloon
made out of a Ford Pinto.” Continue Reading

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